May 03 Lincoln asks for 42,000 Army Volunteers &another 18,000 seamen

May 26 Union blockades New Orleans LA & Mobile AL

May 04 At Gretna LA, one of first guns of Rebel navy is cast

May 08 Richmond VA, is named the capital of the Confederacy

May 23 Virginia citizens vote 3 to 1 in favor of secession

May 16 Kentucky proclaims its neutrality

May 25 John Merryman is arrested under suspension of writ of habeas corpus it later sparks a supreme court decision protecting the writ

May 24 Major General Benjamin Butler declares slaves "contraband of war"

May 13 Queen Victoria announces England's position of neutrality

May 21 Richmond VA is designated Confederate Capital

May 31 General Beauregard is given command of Confederate Alexandria Line

May 31 Mint at New Orleans closes

May 26 Postmaster General Blair announces end of postal connection with the South

May 16 Confederate Government offers war volunteers $10 premium

May 20 Cornerstone of University of Washington laid in Seattle

May 24 Alexandria VA occupied by Federal troops

May 23 3 fleeing slaves enter Fort Monroe VA

May 06 Jefferson Davis approves a bill declaring War between US & Confederacy

May 10 Union troops march on state militia in St Louis MI

May 21 North Carolina is 10th state to secede from Union

May 05 Alexandria VA - CS troops abandon city

May 03 General Winfield Scott presents his Anaconda Plan

May 06 Arkansas & Tennessee become 9th & 10th states to secede from US

Jul 03 Pony Express arrives in SF with overland letters from NY

Jul 21 The first major battle of Civil War ends (Bull Run), Va-South wins

Jul 05 Engagement at Carthage, Missouri

Jul 20 Confederate state's congress began holding sessions in Richmond, Va

Jul 27 Union Gen George McClellan took command of Potamic Army

Jul 17 Congress authorizes paper money

Jul 01 First public schoolhouse opens at Washington & Mason St, SF

Jul 21 Battle of first Bull Run

Jun 01 US & Confederacy simultaneously stop mail interchange

Jun 08 People of Tennessee vote to succeed from Union

Jun 24 Tennessee becomes 11th (&last) state to secede from US

Jun 03 First Civil War land battle-Union defeats Confederacy at Philippi, WV

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